The document provides information about the Furr High School Library. It outlines the library's hours, rules, and resources. Students can use the library to read, study, research, and print from computers. They can check out one book for two weeks but must return or replace any overdue books. The library catalog online provides access to the book collection and research databases. Call numbers organize books by subject on the shelves using the Dewey Decimal System.

1. The Furr High School Library
An Introduction

2. Welcome
• The library is a place
to
– Read
– Study
– Research
– Use the computers
– Borrow books

3. The library is open
• Before school from 7:30 AM.
• During lunch.
• During school hours with a signed library
permit from your teacher (except when
there is a class in session in the library).

4. You should have your school ID
badge.
Your ID badge is your library card.

5. In the library
• You may talk quietly as long as you do not
disturb others.
• You can print copies from the computer.
– Printing is free, but you must get permission
to print more than 5 pages.
• You may not eat or drink.
• You may not listen to music, watch music
videos, or play games.

6. Books
• One book can be checked out at a time for
two weeks
– By anyone who does not have an overdue or
lost book or owe a fine.
• Reference books and magazines stay in
the library and cannot be checked out.

7. Computers
• can be used by anyone with a clear library record
– For assignments.
– Other school related activities.
• Cannot be used by anyone
– With an overdue fine.
– With an unreturned book.
• Cannot be used for
– downloading music or videos
– playing games
– for visiting chatrooms.
– On-line shopping.
– Anything else forbidden by HISD rules (and you know
what I mean).

8. To clear your library record
• Return overdue books and pay any fines.
– Fines are 10 cents a day, up to three dollars.
• Pay for lost or damaged books.
– Books range in cost from about $5 to about
$80. The average cost is about $25.

9. If two weeks is not long enough to finish with a
book, the book can be checked out again.
Never check out a book for someone else, and
never loan a book that you have checked out.
Remember: You are responsible for returning your
book. Your teacher will not remind you or bring
you back to the library to turn it in.

10. How to Find a Book
• By browsing
– Wandering up and down the aisles in front of
the shelves until you notice something that
interests you.
• By searching the on-line catalogue
– Going to a computer and finding the on-line
catalogue on the library web page.

11. The Furr Library website
Is accessed
– by opening internet explorer on computers in
the library and in many of the computer labs.
– By visiting the Furr High School homepage (
http://www.furrhs.org/), finding “Academics,”
and selecting “Library.”
– by going directly to
http://furrlibrary.blogspot.com
– Or by googling “Furr Library.”

12. The Furr Library Website
is your online guide to library research.

13. At the library website
• You can access links to
– The online catalogue
– HISD Online Resources
– Houston Public library
– Dictionary.com
– Channel I News
– And many other things that are frequently
added

14. • You can
– Take research related tutorials.
– Visit interesting websites.
– See what is new in the library.
– Contact the librarian.
– See a picture of the librarians dog.
http://furrlibrary.blogspot.com

15. To find a book
• Open the library webpage.
• Select “Furr Online Catalogue.”
• Type the subject or name of the book for
which you are searching into the
appropriate place.
• Click on “Search.”
http://furrlibrary.blogspot.com

17. You will be taken to a page listing all the items in
the library related to your search.
There may be several pages of them.
On the right it will tell you if the book is in the
library or checked out. On the left, it will tell you
the Call Number of the book. If you click “more,”
you can read a summary of the book.

18. Call Numbers
• Are located on the spines of books.
– They consist of two or more lines of numbers
and letters.
• They are a code for a book’s subject
– And they give a book’s address on the shelf.

19. The call number system
used in this library
was invented by
Melville Dewey in
1873.

20. The Way It Works
The Dewey Decimal System organizes
subjects into ten categories for which
numbers are assigned, going by
hundreds, between zero and nine
hundred.

21. 000-099 Computers, Information, & General
Reference
100-199 Philosophy & Psychology
200-299 Religion
300-399 Social Sciences
400-499 Language
500-599 Natural Sciences & Mathematics
600-699 Technology
700-799 Art & Recreation
800-899 Literature
900-999 Geography & History

22. • Fiction
– Books of fiction are generally designated with the call
notation “FIC.” On the line below are letters derived
from the last name of the author.
– Collections of short stories are designated by the
notation “SC.”
• Reference
– Reference books are designated by the notation
“REF.” On the line below are the regular call
numbers. Remember that reference books cannot be
checked-out.

23. That’s enough to get started.
• The books are arranged on the shelves by
number
• Posters hanging from the ceiling indicate
which subjects and call numbers can be
found in which part of the library.

24. Map
Reference Books 000s 100s 200s
Fiction 300s
Computers Fiction
Fiction
400s
Circulation
Desk 500s
Tables
600s & 700s
700s & 900s
800s
Magazines 900s
900s

25. Now you know enough to
be able to find a book in
the library.

26. PowerPoint
created by
Gerrod George,
Librarian
Furr High School
Houston, Texas
(Revised August 2012)